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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
1
Belmont Pugh, 36, Wilkinsburg night lieutenant, and Miss Louise Stine, 26, were found dead in a Pittsburgh apartment. Each shot through the right temple. police faced possible double murder or murder and suicide. Pugh’s revolver fired. empty shell nearby. The woman left letters in her room indicating an intimate pact.
In Lupeny district near Bucharest clashes between troops and 4000 coal miners ended as fresh reinforcements took control. Official toll cites 22 dead and 80 seriously wounded, though higher figures are feared. A wage dispute sparked the violence, with the prosecutor failing to mediate and riot acts read. Power stations were seized, plunging the area into darkness and halting mine output.
Kansas City August 7 three men were held without bond on first degree murder charges and another was arraigned today in an arson plot linked to the death of three firefighters in a drug store blaze. Durwood M Dailey John J Pat Crowe D L Piggott arraigned with preliminary hearing set for August 17 Arch Glover financed the store and admitted funding but denied plot involvement. Eleven others were injured in the explosion that followed the fire.
Dr James H Snook testifies in his murder trial recounting a three year romance with Theora Hix ending at a Nile bank, as his wife and mother watch. The testimony shows a composed, cool demeanor while the defense seeks to introduce prior friendship details and the court limits remarks. The narrative continues on page seven.
Spokane dispatch reports the fire demon of two weeks is yielding to fighters in the northwest as hundreds of fires in Montana Idaho and Washington national forests are being subdued. While total area is unknown, estimates exceed 85 000 acres with losses running into millions of dollars.
A check-up of airports between Langley Field Virginia and Albuquerque New Mexico was ordered to locate one missing army bombing plane. Ten planes left for a coast demonstration. nine returned. The missing craft was piloted by Captain George M. Palmer with Lieutenant Leonard F Harmon as co-pilot. Officials believe the plane may have gone down east of the Colorado River, possibly in Arizona.
Ellen Franks, a Pittsburgh nightclub entertainer, filed a federal complaint seeking 250000 dollars from Harry Richman. She alleges he drugged her beat her and held her prisoner for four hours in a Pullman car. She requests a jury trial and says the injuries render her an invalid.
At The Hague on August 7 French Finance Minister Cheron and Italian Senator Masconi defended the Young plan as crafted by Paris experts. Snowden criticized it, while Romania's Titelescu signaled demand for higher allotments. Smaller creditors push for more favorable shares, centering on easing postwar tensions.
At the state penitentiary in Lansing Kansas a raid by inmates led to the deaths of William Webb and Robert Collins, with J B Knight injured, and guard W L Heslop shot in the leg. Three other convicts who fled were captured. The escape began as convicts emerged from the coal mine, seized guards, and used unarmed prisoners as shields. details continued on page seven.
Letters from the Graf Zeppelin arrived in Grafton with owners admiring them. Hanson Miller collected three. Mrs. Marie Runge one, with Runge’s envelope aboard the airship May 16 as it left America and forced down at Cures France May 17.
Victor L Berger 69 world socialist leader and Milwaukee newspaper publisher died at Milwaukee hospital after injuries from a street car strike on July 16. He rose in Milwaukee with a daily paper in 1900 and served in the 62nd 66th and 68th Congresses despite disbarment efforts. His death ends a stormy political career amid war opposition charges.
Mrs Marie K Boges fifty estranged wife of August Boges president of the Anti Septol Soap Company hanged herself in a Chicago hotel. She left letters stating ill health motivated the act and others indicating money and instructions to cremate her body.
Graf Zeppelin prepares for a world circumnavigation from Lakehurst New Jersey with 18 passengers and crew. Dr Hugo Eckener commands the airship as weather forecastsfavor a favorable crossing toward Friedrichshafen expected early next Sunday with observers from the U S Navy aboard.
Detroit August 7 a federal prohibition agent Richard J Sandlands was found in the Detroit river after a disappearance on Saturday He boarded a cruiser and later vanished Autopsy will determine if head injuries from blows caused his death Special Inspectors of the Treasury dragging the river reported the body with head battered police homicide squad head Fred W Frahm said autopsy planned to confirm cause of death
New York August 7 The On Leong and Hip Sing Tongs declared peace after a three day war that left five Chinese dead and several wounded A treaty was signed by national Tong leaders following a U S attorney ultimatum to cease fighting Word of the pact was sent to Chicago Boston Philadelphia San Francisco and other Chinese settlements A shooting occurred in Chicago shortly after the signing with a Hip Sing Tong man wounded
Two unexplained killings in Pittsburgh described as mob hits by authorities stunned officials. Steve Monastero and his brother Sam confronted by masked gunmen near a hospital. Steve killed, Sam wounded and fleeing. Tony Lilo found fatally stabbed in an Italian neighborhood. Police link the incidents to gang feuds as investigations continue. Elizabeth Holcombe of Houston to sponsor the U S cruiser Houston launch in Newport News on September 7.
Richmond results show Dr. John Garland Pollard sweeping the state's Democratic nominating contest. Pollard led against G. Walter Mapp and Rosewell Page with 87,467 votes from 1,202 of 1,681 precincts, while Rosewell Page trailed. The race unfolds amid factions aligned with Alfred E. Smith and anti-Smith Democrats targeting the Brown ticket.
A rebuilt plane piloted by an unlicensed student pilot and powered with a war department declared obsolete engine crashed in Campbellaville Kentucky. The youth and two passengers died as the wreckage burned after the plane disappeared into a pin at about 500 feet. Witnesses saw the disaster unfold and fragmentary details list Francis IUaholl of Louisville and Carl E. Carter of a drug store as victims.
Washington hearings reopen on the Smoot sliding scale plan to protect U S sugar industry and shield consumers from price swings. The Senate Finance Committee invites public input as raw sugar imposts rise or fall with refined sugar prices in New York. Continued on page seven.
London reports King Fuad of Egypt and Premier Mohammed Pasha Mahmoud secured concessions from Britain to uphold Egyptian sovereignty with limited taxes for security. The draft treaty calls for British troop withdrawal from Egypt except near the Suez Canal, Britain pledges support for Egypt’s League of Nations membership, and aid in case of conflict. Definite Egyptian counter concessions are included.
Corporal C. W. Chipps, a state trooper from Flemington, has been relieved of duties while on vacation. State Trooper H. D. Ansill announced the action this afternoon. Chipps is granted a sixty day leave of absence.
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